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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Cédric Thébault, Chantepie, FR;
Sébastien Weitbruch, Kappel, DE;
Carlos Correa, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Inventors:
Cédric Thébault, Chantepie, FR;
Sébastien Weitbruch, Kappel, DE;
Carlos Correa, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaus, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of estimating motion between two video frames. According to the invention, the motion estimation is done by using first one motion estimation in the horizontal direction and then one motion estimation in the vertical direction. Preferably, a plurality of motion estimations in the horizontal direction are used alternately with motion estimations in the vertical direction. It allows reducing the complexity of the estimation.